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system5

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From: London

Registered: 2017-05-10

Posts: 55

Unable to delete an empty Program Folder

I recently installed a windows application under Wine but as it did not function that well I uninstalled it. However, I have been left with an empty folder for the application under Applications - Programs and have not been able to delete it from the list. It is not doing any harm but it is somewhat annoying to see it sat there doing nothing!

Any guidance on how I can locate the folder and delete it will be gratefully received.

bin

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2016-01-28

Posts: 1,333

Re: Unable to delete an empty Program Folder

Have a look in ~/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs

You're looking for .desktop files that match the name of the program you uninstalled

Remove them and you should find the menu cleans up

If that program has its own folder then just remove that folder

You may want ot just move the item to somewhere else first rather than deleting it just to be on the safe side.

Last edited by bin (2017-10-09 07:23)

system5

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From: London

Registered: 2017-05-10

Posts: 55

Re: Unable to delete an empty Program Folder

@bin

Thank you for your advice which has resolved the issue although I struggled at first to find the .local folder as it appears to be a hidden folder.